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Mehjabeen Shaikh (Dawood Ibrahim’s First Wife)

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated September 6, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth1960

Age62 (as of 2023)

BirthplaceBhendi Bazaar Area, Mumbai, Maharashtra

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseDawood Ibrahim

FamilySon: Moin Ibrahim; Daughters: Mehreen Ibrahim, Mahrukh Ibrahim, Maria Ibrahim (deceased)

Mehjabeen Shaikh (Dawood Ibrahim's First Biography

Mehjabeen Shaikh, also referred to as Zubeen Zareen and listed in some records as Mehjabeen Dawood Ibrahim, is known publicly as the first wife of Dawood I

Early life and background

Mehjabeen Shaikh was born in 1960 and raised in the Bhendi Bazaar area of Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is Indian by nationality and grew up in the same neighbourhood associated with members of her extended family. Her father is named Yusuf Kashmiri and a maternal or paternal uncle, Salim Kashmiri, is noted as living in Bhendi Bazaar.

Physical details that have been reported include an approximate height of 165 cm (about 5'5") and black hair and eye colour.

Career

Mehjabeen Shaikh does not appear in public records as a professional public figure in her own right; she is primarily identified in media accounts through her marriage and family connections. In various reports she is also named Zubeen Zareen and has been referenced in Indian and Pakistani press under the full name Mehjabeen Dawood Ibrahim.

Personal life and family

Mehjabeen married Dawood Ibrahim in the 1990s. The couple had four children: one son, Moin Ibrahim, and three daughters, Mehreen Ibrahim, Mahrukh Ibrahim and Maria Ibrahim (the excerpt states Maria is deceased). Public reporting notes Moin married Saniya in September 2011. Mahrukh married Junaid Miandad, son of former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, and Mehreen married a Pakistani-American named Ayub in 2011.

Media accounts include recollections from relatives who describe Mehjabeen as attentive to family ties and active in organising and maintaining family relationships. One relative said she kept in touch with Dawood’s relatives and that Dawood would call her on festivals. Dawood’s sister, Haseena Parkar, was quoted in media as describing Mehjabeen as a central figure in the household and as someone who arranged marriages for the daughters and exerted strong influence over household affairs.

Public profile

Mehjabeen has been the subject of media attention largely because of her association with Dawood Ibrahim. Reports link her to visits to Mumbai in 2016, including a meeting with her father and a visit to a government-run educational institution. Political figures later referenced that 2016 visit when discussing law-enforcement and investigative matters.

Some news coverage has also repeated claims that both Dawood and his wife gave directions to associates; these are presented in media reports rather than as independently verified facts in this excerpt.

Latest updates

Media reporting from 2016 recorded Mehjabeen’s travel to Mumbai and a family visit. Subsequent reports and statements to investigators in later years referred to her marital status in the context of wider inquiries into Dawood Ibrahim and his family. In September 2022, media noted allegations presented to investigators that Dawood had married again without a formal divorce from Mehjabeen; that detail is part of reporting rather than a biographical confirmation within this excerpt.

Mehjabeen has remained a figure of interest in the press because of her role within the family and the connections described by relatives and reporters. Photographs from earlier decades and family gatherings have circulated in news coverage showing her with family members, including an older image with Dawood Ibrahim.
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Career Highlights

  1. Known primarily as the first wife of Dawood Ibrahim
  2. Mother of four children, including Moin, Mahrukh and Mehreen Ibrahim
  3. Visited Mumbai in 2016 and met family members there
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1960

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Dawood Ibrahim